Thesaurus / take up
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What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEMost of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNESome weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSIn less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThe bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMANI was busy loading the piece when an exclamation of surprise from one of the men made me look up.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSEven as they gazed they saw its roof caught up, and whirled off as if it had been a scroll of paper.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEShe sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXA flash of surprise and pleasure lit the fine eyes of the haughty beauty perched up there on the palace wall.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYSYNONYM OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO TAKE UP
- acquires
- addresses oneself to
- adds
- adopts
- agrees to does
- annexes
- appends
- attempts
- becomes
- begins
- comes to has
- commences
- develops
- embraces
- employs
- endeavors
- engages
- enlists
- enrolls
- espouses
- handles
- has a go at
- hires
- launches
- puts on
- retains
- sets about
- tackles
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- tries
- turns
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- ventures
- acquiring
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- adopting
- agreeing to doing
- annexing
- appending
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- becoming
- beginning
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- embracing
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- engaging
- enlisting
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- espousing
- handling
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- hiring
- launching
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- retaining
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- turning
- undertaking
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- enrolled
- espoused
- had a go at
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- hired
- launched
- put on
- retained
- set about
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- took upon oneself
- tried
- turned
- undertook
- ventured
- advocate
- aid
- assist
- back
- back up
- bolster
- boost
- brace
- buoy up
- buttress
- carry
- champion
- confirm
- countenance
- defend
- elevate
- encourage
- endorse
- help
- hoist
- hold to
- hold up one's end
- justify
- pick up
- promote
- prop
- raise
- rear
- second
- shore up
- side with
- stand by
- stick by
- stick up for
- sustain
- take up
- upbear
- uplift
- upraise
- uprear
- vindicate
- advocating
- aiding
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- backing
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- carrying
- championing
- confirming
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- defending
- elevating
- encouraging
- endorsing
- helping
- hoisting
- holding to
- holding up one's end
- justifying
- picking up
- promoting
- propping
- raising
- rearing
- seconding
- shoring up
- side with
- standing by
- sticking by
- sticking up for
- sustaining
- taking up
- upbearing
- uplifting
- upraising
- uprearing
- vindicating
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